Mets 1/8/26 Roster Moves: Mets lose Catcher Drew Romo on Waivers to White Sox

Drew Romo

After claiming Drew Romo off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles on 12/17/25, the Mets lost him today on Waivers to the White Sox.  

Foe Romo, it represents the 3rd time he has been waived and claimed this Winter.  Baltimore claimed him on waivers from the Rockies on December 5, 2025.

When the Mets claimed Romo on December 17th, they designated LHP Brandon Waddell for assignment.  Brandon Waddell cleared waivers and was assigned to the AAA Roster on 12/18/25.

Today's move puts the Mets 40-Man MLB Roster at 39.  

Drew Romo Batting Stats:

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2021	19	-2.1	Fresno	LAW	A	COL	79	339	312	48	98	17	2	6	47	23	6	19	50	.314	.345	.439	.784	137	7	0	0	8	0
2022	20	-2.6	Spokane	NORW	A+	COL	102	420	374	52	95	19	5	5	58	18	3	35	81	.254	.321	.372	.693	139	8	5	0	6	0
2023	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	COL	95	386	344	47	89	19	3	13	51	6	7	29	71	.259	.317	.445	.762	153	10	3	4	6	1
2023	21	-5.7	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	COL	4	18	17	2	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	.353	.389	.529	.918	9	1	1	0	0	0
2023	21	-2.8	Hartford	EL	AA	COL	91	368	327	45	83	18	2	13	48	6	7	29	67	.254	.313	.440	.754	144	9	2	4	6	1
2023	21	-1.4	Salt River	AZFL	Fal		11	48	39	11	9	1	2	0	2	1	0	8	9	.231	.375	.359	.734	14	0	1	0	0	0
2024	22	-4.7	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	COL	85	370	343	51	102	19	4	14	60	3	1	16	66	.297	.339	.499	.837	171	7	7	1	3	0
2024	22	-6.3	COL	NL	Maj	COL	16	53	51	4	9	3	0	0	6	0	1	2	18	.176	.208	.235	.443	12	2	0	0	0	0
2025	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	COL	65	261	236	30	61	11	0	7	24	3	1	19	64	.258	.323	.394	.717	93	7	4	1	1	0
2025	23	-3.8	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	COL	60	244	220	28	58	11	0	7	23	2	0	18	63	.264	.329	.409	.738	90	6	4	1	1	0
2025	23	3.4	Rockies	ACL	Rk	COL	5	17	16	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	.188	.235	.188	.423	3	1	0	0	0	0
2025	23	-5.0	COL	NL	Maj	COL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Majors (2 seasons)					Majors		19	56	54	4	9	3	0	0	6	0	1	2	21	.167	.196	.222	.419	12	2	0	0	0	0
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		426	1776	1609	228	445	85	14	45	240	53	18	118	332	.277	.329	.431	.760	693	39	19	6	24	1
Other (1 season)					Other		11	48	39	11	9	1	2	0	2	1	0	8	9	.231	.375	.359	.734	14	0	1	0	0	0

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Generated 12/17/2025.

Drew Romo Fielding Stats:

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
2021	19	Fresno	LAW	A	COL	C	69	69		606.2	724	663	55	6	5	.992	10.65	10.41	12		46	25	35%
2022	20	Spokane	NORW	A+	COL	C	57	56		479.0	543	510	25	8	2	.985	10.05	9.39	8		54	12	18%
2023	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	COL	C	81	79		707.1	781	722	44	15	6	.981	9.75	9.46	10		100	24	19%
2023	21	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	COL	C	3	3		27.0	22	21	0	1	0	.955	7.00	7.00	2		3	0	0%
2023	21	Hartford	EL	AA	COL	C	78	76		680.1	759	701	44	14	6	.982	9.86	9.55	8		97	24	20%
2023	21	Salt River	AZFL	Fal		C	5	5		44.0	62	59	2	1	0	.984	12.48	12.20	2		7	3	30%
2024	22	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	COL	C	60	59		515.1	521	474	45	2	6	.996	9.06	8.65	11		58	24	29%
2024	22	COL	NL	Maj	COL	C	15	13		115.0	104	93	10	1	1	.990	8.06	6.87	2		16	5	24%
2025	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	COL	C	58	57		486.1	514	474	33	7	2	.986	9.38	8.74	3		54	22	29%
2025	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	COL	DH	8	8		0.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00
2025	23	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	COL	C	54	53		459.1	478	442	29	7	2	.985	9.23	8.72	2		53	19	26%
2025	23	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	COL	DH	7	7		0.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00
2025	23	Rockies	ACL	Rk	COL	C	4	4		27.0	36	32	4	0	0	1.000	12.00	9.00	1		1	3	75%
2025	23	Rockies	ACL	Rk	COL	DH	1	1		0.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00
2025	23	COL	NL	Maj	COL	C	1	0		2.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	13.50	3.00	0		0	0
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
Majors (2 seasons)				Majors		C	16	13		117.0	107	96	10	1	1	.991	8.15	6.63	2		16	5	24%
Minors (5 seasons)				Minors		C	325	320		2794.2	3083	2843	202	38	21	.988	9.81	9.37	44		312	107	26%
Minors (1 season)				Minors		DH	8	8		0.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00
Other (1 season)				Other		C	5	5		44.0	62	59	2	1	0	.984	12.48	12.20	2		7	3	30%
All Levels (5 Seasons)						C	346	338		2955.2	3252	2998	214	40	22	.988	9.78	9.28	48		335	115	26%
All Levels (1 Season)						DH	8	8		0.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00

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Generated 12/17/2025.

Brandon Waddell Pitching Stats:

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2015	21	-0.3	West Virginia	NYPL	A-	PIT	1	1	.500	5.75	6.20	6	6	0	0	0	0	20.1	24	14	13	0	7	0	18	0	0	3	95	1.525	10.6	0.0	3.1	8.0	2.57
2016	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	PIT	11	9	.550	3.49	3.86	27	25	1	0	0	0	147.0	135	63	57	10	63	1	120	7	0	9	624	1.347	8.3	0.6	3.9	7.3	1.90
2016	22	-2.5	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	7	9	.438	4.12	4.58	22	20	1	0	0	0	118.0	122	60	54	9	61	1	94	7	0	7	523	1.551	9.3	0.7	4.7	7.2	1.54
2016	22	-1.1	Bradenton	FLOR	A+	PIT	4	0	1.000	0.93	0.93	5	5	0	0	0	0	29.0	13	3	3	1	2	0	26	0	0	2	101	0.517	4.0	0.3	0.6	8.1	13.00
2017	23		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A--Rk	PIT	5	3	.625	3.12	3.35	18	17	0	0	0	0	78.0	66	29	27	4	30	0	71	4	0	3	326	1.231	7.6	0.5	3.5	8.2	2.37
2017	23	-1.3	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	3	3	.500	3.55	3.82	15	15	0	0	0	0	66.0	60	28	26	3	27	0	56	4	0	3	283	1.318	8.2	0.4	3.7	7.6	2.07
2017	23	1.7	West Virginia	NYPL	A-	PIT	1	0	1.000	1.00	1.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	11	0	0	0	33	0.889	5.0	1.0	3.0	11.0	3.67
2017	23	2.6	Pirates	GULF	Rk	PIT	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	10	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	12.0
2017	23	-0.5	Glendale	AZFL	Fal		1	0	1.000	2.57	4.50	9	1	1	0	0	1	14.0	13	7	4	0	4	0	15	1	0	3	60	1.214	8.4	0.0	2.6	9.6	3.75
2018	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	PIT	7	9	.438	3.59	3.99	28	23	0	0	0	0	135.1	130	60	54	7	55	0	103	6	1	4	576	1.367	8.6	0.5	3.7	6.8	1.87
2018	24	-2.2	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	5	8	.385	4.19	4.63	19	15	0	0	0	0	81.2	91	42	38	3	36	0	60	2	1	1	362	1.555	10.0	0.3	4.0	6.6	1.67
2018	24	-0.4	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	2	1	.667	2.68	3.02	9	8	0	0	0	0	53.2	39	18	16	4	19	0	43	4	0	3	214	1.081	6.5	0.7	3.2	7.2	2.26
2019	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	PIT	6	8	.429	6.29	6.66	36	14	4	0	0	1	97.1	107	72	68	11	49	1	111	1	0	4	449	1.603	9.9	1.0	4.5	10.3	2.27
2019	25	-1.2	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	3	7	.300	8.70	9.15	29	7	4	0	0	1	61.0	78	62	59	11	40	1	69	0	0	3	302	1.934	11.5	1.6	5.9	10.2	1.73
2019	25	0.7	Altoona	EL	AA	PIT	3	1	.750	2.23	2.48	7	7	0	0	0	0	36.1	29	10	9	0	9	0	42	1	0	1	147	1.046	7.2	0.0	2.2	10.4	4.67
2020	26	-2.4	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	0		2.70	2.70	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	14	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
2021	27		2 Teams	AAAE	AAA	BAL-STL	2	0	1.000	2.03	2.70	11	0	1	0	0	0	13.1	14	4	3	1	3	0	12	0	0	1	54	1.275	9.5	0.7	2.0	8.1	4.00
2021	27		3 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	BAL-MIN	0	1	.000	6.75	7.71	9	0	5	0	0	0	9.1	14	8	7	2	9	0	7	0	0	1	51	2.464	13.5	1.9	8.7	6.8	0.78
2021	27	0.0	Norfolk	AAAE	AAA	BAL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0.857	7.7	0.0	0.0	7.7
2021	27	0.0	Memphis	AAAE	AAA	STL	2	0	1.000	2.45	3.27	9	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	12	4	3	1	3	0	10	0	0	1	46	1.364	9.8	0.8	2.5	8.2	3.33
2021	27	-1.9	STL	NL	Maj	STL	0	0		4.15	4.15	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	4	2	2	0	5	0	6	0	0	1	22	2.077	8.3	0.0	10.4	12.5	1.20
2021	27	-1.5	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	0	1	.000	11.25	13.50	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	10	6	5	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	25	3.250	22.5	4.5	6.8	2.3	0.33
2021	27	-1.5	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2022	28	1.0	Memphis	IL	AAA	STL	2	1	.667	3.30	3.30	23	0	9	0	0	3	30.0	29	11	11	1	11	1	33	3	0	3	128	1.333	8.7	0.3	3.3	9.9	3.00
2022	28	0.5	Doosan	KBO	Fgn		5	3	.625	3.60	4.02	11	11	0	0	0	0	65.0	56	29	26	5	24	0	40	1	1	2	276	1.231	7.8	0.7	3.3	5.5	1.67
2023	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		16	8	.667	2.82	3.74	30	30	0	0	0	0	175.2	158	73	55	9	44	0	160	16	0	8	736	1.150	8.1	0.5	2.3	8.2	3.64
2023	29	1.3	Doosan	KBO	Fgn		11	3	.786	2.49	2.92	18	18	0	0	0	0	104.2	80	34	29	4	30	0	100	12	0	3	427	1.051	6.9	0.3	2.6	8.6	3.33
2023	29	0.4	Rakuten	CPBL	Fgn		5	5	.500	3.30	4.94	12	12		0	0	0	71.0	78	39	26	5	14	0	60	4	0	5	309	1.296	9.9	0.6	1.8	7.6	4.29
2024	30	2.3	Doosan	KBO	Fgn		7	4	.636	3.12	4.08	14	14	0	0	0	0	75.0	75	34	26	3	11	0	75	4	0	2	315	1.147	9.0	0.4	1.3	9.0	6.82
2025	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	NYM	3	9	.250	4.85	5.54	20	16	0	0	0	0	78.0	84	48	42	12	25	0	69	7	0	2	339	1.397	9.7	1.4	2.9	8.0	2.76
2025	31	3.7	Syracuse	IL	AAA	NYM	3	9	.250	5.02	5.73	19	15	0	0	0	0	75.1	84	48	42	12	25	0	63	7	0	2	331	1.447	10.0	1.4	3.0	7.5	2.52
2025	31	6.3	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	8	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.3
2025	31	1.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	0		3.45	3.45	11	1	4	0	0	0	31.1	29	12	12	4	11	0	22	1	0	0	134	1.277	8.3	1.1	3.2	6.3	2.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (3 seasons)					Majors		0	1	.000	4.09	4.30	22	1	10	0	0	0	44.0	45	21	20	6	22	0	31	1	0	1	199	1.523	9.2	1.2	4.5	6.3	1.41
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		37	40	.481	4.13	4.52	169	101	15	0	0	4	599.1	589	301	275	46	243	3	537	28	1	29	2591	1.388	8.8	0.7	3.6	8.1	2.21
Foreign (3 seasons)					Foreign		28	15	.651	3.05	3.88	55	55	0	0	0	0	315.2	289	136	107	17	79	0	275	21	1	12	1327	1.166	8.2	0.5	2.3	7.8	3.48
CPBL (1 season)					CPBL		5	5	.500	3.30	4.94	12	12		0	0	0	71.0	78	39	26	5	14	0	60	4	0	5	309	1.296	9.9	0.6	1.8	7.6	4.29
KBO (3 seasons)					KBO		23	10	.697	2.98	3.57	43	43	0	0	0	0	244.2	211	97	81	12	65	0	215	17	1	7	1018	1.128	7.8	0.4	2.4	7.9	3.31

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Generated 12/17/2025.